State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Kansas, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.1%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $77,940
- p75
- $100,410
- p10
- $60,560
- p90
- $128,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $118,370
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $132,830
- p10
- $73,150
- p90
- $167,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.